I’d been using my Gaggia Baby for more than three years on a daily basis until one day it the water stopped flowing. The pump was making its noise for sure, but there is no way it would pump water to the coffee.
It’s my own fault though as I’d never followed Gaggia’s advice and used decaler. I figured that the filtered water I use with it would be good enough and never imagined the horror of total blockage. Also, I thought it was just a ploy to get me to buy their own descaling product - how wrong that idea turned out to be!
The moral of the story is simple - always use descaler on your Gaggia to ensure limescale doesn’t build up. Gaggia recommends every 2 months or so for the Baby, but I suppose slightly less would be ok. You can buy the descaler online, so stock up before you run into the same problems.
Categories: Tips and Tricks
